Badnagar

Badnagar (Barnagar)
बड़नगर
Barnagar
Tehsil
Badnagar (Barnagar)

Location in Madhya Pradesh, India

Coordinates: 23°3′7″N 75°22′40″E / 23.05194°N 75.37778°E / 23.05194; 75.37778Coordinates: 23°3′7″N 75°22′40″E / 23.05194°N 75.37778°E / 23.05194; 75.37778
Country  India
State Madhya Pradesh
Region Malwa
District Ujjain
Government
 • Type Democratic
 • Body Badnagar Municipality
 • M.L.A. Mukesh Pandya (BJP)
 • M.P. Chintamani Malviya (BJP)
 • Municipal Chairman Madhu Ashok Shobhawat (BJP)
Area
 • Tehsil 6.74 km2 (2.60 sq mi)
Elevation 497 m (1,631 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Tehsil 269,573
 • Urban 40,088
 • Urban density 5,938/km2 (15,380/sq mi)
 • Rural 229,485
Languages
 • Official Hindi,
 • Other Malvi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Telephone code 07367
Vehicle registration MP-13

Badnagar or Barnagar(Hindi: बड़नगर) is a city, and a municipality in Ujjain district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India . Badnagar is situated on the bank of river Chamla. Badnagar Tehsil Headquarters is Badnagar town. It belongs to Ujjain Division. It is located 45 km towards west from District headquarters Ujjain. 244 km from the state capital, Bhopal, towards the east and 72 km from Indore. Badnagar Tehsil is bounded by Badnawar Tehsil towards west, Depalpur Tehsil towards the south, Khachrod Tehsil towards North, Ujjain district towards the east. Indore City, Ujjain City, Ratlam City, Dhar City are the nearby cities to Badnagar. Badnagar consist of 196 villages and 108 Panchayats. This place is in the border of the Ujjain District and Dhar District. Dhar District, Badnawar, is west of this place.

Badnagar is the birthplace of national poet Kavi Pradeep. Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee spent some of his childhood time in Badnagar. Another famous poet from Badnagar is Ibrahim Khan Gauri, the lyricist of hit movies of Rakesh Roshan like Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai and Koi... Mil Gaya.

Badnagar is also famous for its dishes, most famous among them being Bhutte ke Laddu, Dal Biscuit and for its guavas.

Barnagar is also famous for its fort Amla Fort.


Demographics

As of 2011 India census,[1] Badnagar had a population of 2,69,573. Among all population no. of males are 1,37,685 and no. of females are 1,31,888. Number of literates in Badnagar are 1,69,935. Among all literates, the number of males is 1,00,562 and the number of females is 69,373. While the number of illiterates here is 99,638. 38,158 people of the population is under 6 years of age.

POPULATION PERSONS MALE FEMALE
Total 269,573 137,685 131,888
In the age group 0–6 years 38,158 19,804 18,354
Scheduled Castes (SC) 59,160 30,148 29,012
Scheduled Tribes (ST) 16,823 8,565 8,258
Literates 169,935 100,562 69,373
Illiterate 99,638 37,123 62,515
Total Worker 138,314 79,567 58,747
Main Worker 112,444 71,837 40,607
Main Worker – Cultivator 54,894 35,530 19,364
Main Worker – Agricultural Labourers 38,769 20,732 18,037
Main Worker – Household Industries 1,579 1,061 518
Main Worker – Other 17,202 14,514 2,688
Marginal Worker 25,870 7,730 18,140
Marginal Worker – Cultivator 9,194 1,829 7,365
Marginal Worker – Agriculture Labourers 15,071 5,000 10,071
Marginal Worker – Household Industries 325 142 183
Marginal Workers – Other 1,280 759 521
Marginal Worker (3–6 Months) 21,344 6,148 15,196
Marginal Worker – Cultivator (3–6 Months) 7,129 1,196 5,933
Marginal Worker – Agriculture Labourers (3–6 Months) 12,921 4,218 8,703
Marginal Worker – Household Industries (3–6 Months) 215 94 121
Marginal Worker – Other (3–6 Months) 1,079 640 439
Marginal Worker (0–3 Months) 4,526 1,582 2,944
Marginal Worker – Cultivator (0–3 Months) 2,065 633 1,432
Marginal Worker – Agriculture Labourers (0–3 Months) 2,150 782 1,368
Marginal Worker – Household Industries (0–3 Months) 110 48 62
Marginal Worker – Other Workers (0–3 Months) 201 119 82
Non Worker 131,259 58,118 73,141

Climate

It is hot in summer. Badnagar summer highest day temperature is in between 30 °C to 42 °C .

Average temperatures of January is 19 °C , February is 22 °C , March is 28 °C , April is 32 °C , May is 35 °C

Transportation

Badnagar is well connected by road and rail with cities like Ujjain, Indore and Ratlam. state highway 18 (dewas to badnawar). Passes through Badnagar which connects it with Ujjain, Bhopal, Dewas and Ahmedabad via Dahod. Badnagar railway station is situated on ratlam-indore section of indian railways. Nearest airport is Indore airport.

Bank

Badnagar has branches of following banks :

  1. ICICI Bank
  2. Bank Of India
  3. Punjab National Bank
  4. Bank Of Baroda
  5. Union Bank Of India
  6. UCO Bank
  7. Canara Bank
  8. Oriental Bank Of India
  9. HDFC Bank
  10. FEDERAL Bank
  11. IDBI Bank

Badnagar has ATM facilities throughout the city.

Education

Educational institutes in Barnagar are pretty good up to higher secondary school level. Schools teaching in both English and Hindi medium are present here. There are two colleges in Barnagar- Govt. college,barnagar.

Schools

  1. Saraswati Vidhya Mandir
  2. Unique Public School
  3. St. Thomas Hr. Sec. School
  4. Jain Public School
  5. Vidhyanjali International School
  6. St.Martin School

Colleges

  1. Govt. College Barnagar
  2. navyug college

Health

Many people from nearby cities come to Badnagar for cheap medical treatment of kidney stones and other surgeries. Barnagar is well-known for its treatment of paralysis. Some hospitals are:

  1. Geeta Hospital
  2. Civil Hospital
  3. City Hospital
  4. ashok hospital

Culture

Barnagar is multi-religional place where everybody lives with unity. Barnagar has many temples, mosques, gurudwaras and churches. 1 adinath jain shwetambar temple 2 fakhri masjid (dawoodi bohra 2 (Rehmani choti masjid ) 3( Badi masjid mochipura ) 4( Darulum gosia masjid)

References

  1. ↑ "Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
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